diff --git a/libs/ardour/disk_reader.cc b/libs/ardour/disk_reader.cc
index c0f31eabe3..e59c17c3db 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/disk_reader.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/disk_reader.cc
@@ -1420,7 +1420,6 @@ DiskReader::midi_read (framepos_t& start, framecnt_t dur, bool reversed)
 		}
 
 		dur -= this_read;
-		//offset += this_read;
 	}
 
 	return 0;